Installing MantisBT

from a fresh CentOS 6 install (don't forget yum -y update and a reboot), run the following commands:

1. cd /tmp
2. wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/mantis-stable/1.2.11/mantisbt-1.2.11.tar.gz/download
3. wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/mantis-stable/1.2.11/mantisbt-1.2.11.tar.gz.digests/download
4. md5sum -c mantisbt-1.2.11.tar.gz.digests
5. tar -xzf mantisbt-1.2.11.tar.gz
6. mv mantisbt-1.2.11/ /opt/mantisbt-1.2.11
7. chown -R apache:apache /opt/mantisbt-1.2.11
8. ls -n /opt/mantisbt-1.2.11/ /var/www/html/mantisbt
9. yum -y install httpd mysql mysql-server php php-mysql
10. vi /etc/php.ini
11. change line 946 to match:
• date.timezone = "America/New_York" (should match cat /etc/sysconfig/clock output)
12. chkconfig httpd on
13. chkconfig mysqld on
14. service httpd start
15. service mysqld start
16. mysqladmin -u root password 'newPassword'
17. mysqladmin -u root -p -h localhost.localdomain password 'newPassword' (enter newPassword from above when prompted)
18. iptables -I INPUT 5 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
19. iptables -I INPUT 6 -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
20. now open your browser, and point it to:
• http://yourServerOrIPHere/mantisbt/admin/install.php
21. add newPassword from above in the password field
22. click the "Install" button.

Total time with Cobbler from PXE boot to creating your first project: ~20 - 25 mins.  This includes the time to install the OS from scratch, update it, reboot, and go through the commands above manually.  For those interested in specs, this was run on my setup.

Once you're done here, you'll want to start Configuring MantisBT.

Total score for ease of install: 8/10